Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.37.1-2

śrī-śuka uvāca

keśī tu kaḿsa-prahitaḥ khurair mahīḿ

mahā-hayo nirjarayan mano-javaḥ

saṭāvadhūtābhra-vimāna-sańkulaḿ

kurvan nabho heṣita-bhīṣitākhilaḥ

taḿ trāsayantaḿ bhagavān sva-gokulaḿ

tad-dheṣitair vāla-vighūrṇitāmbudam

ātmānam ājau mṛgayantam agra-ṇīr

upāhvayat sa vyanadan mṛgendra-vat

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; keśī — the demon named Keśī; tu — and then; kaḿsa-prahitaḥ — sent by Kaḿsa; khuraiḥ — with his hooves; mahīm — the earth; mahā-hayaḥ — a huge horse; nirjarayan — ripping apart; manaḥ — like that of the mind; javaḥ — whose speed; saṭā — by the hairs of his mane; avadhūta — scattered; abhra — with the clouds; vimāna — and the airplanes (of the demigods); sańkulam — crowded; kurvan — making; nabhaḥ — the sky; heṣita — by his neighing; bhīṣita — frightened; akhilaḥ — everyone; tam — him; trāsayantam — terrifying; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; sva-gokulam — His cowherd village; tat-heṣitaiḥ — by that neighing; vāla — by the hairs of his tail; vighūrṇita — shaken; ambudam — the clouds; ātmānam — Himself; ājau — for a fight; mṛgayantam — searching after; agra-nīḥ — coming forward; upāhvayat — called out; saḥ — he, Keśī; vyanadan — roared; mṛgendra-vat — like a lion.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The demon Keśī, sent by Kaḿsa, appeared in Vraja as a great horse. Running with the speed of the mind, he tore up the earth with his hooves. The hairs of his mane scattered the clouds and the demigods' airplanes throughout the sky, and he terrified everyone present with his loud neighing.

When the Supreme Personality of Godhead saw how the demon was frightening His village of Gokula by neighing terribly and shaking the clouds with his tail, the Lord came forward to meet him. Keśī was searching for Kṛṣṇa to fight, so when the Lord stood before him and challenged him to approach, the horse responded by roaring like a lion.

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